Synonyms of the word

proverb

• n. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
• n. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
• n. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
• n. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
• v. To write or utter proverbs.
• v. To name in, or as, a proverb.
• v. To provide with a proverb.

adage

• n. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
• n. An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.

byword

• n. A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
• n. A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
• n. Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some…
• n. An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
• n. A nickname or epithet.

expression

• n. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
• n. A colloquialism or idiom.
• n. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
• n. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
• n. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
• n. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
• n. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
• n. A specific blend of whisky.

locution

• n. A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
• n. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
• n. (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

saw

• n. A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.
• n. A musical saw.
• n. A sawtooth wave.
• v. (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
• v. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
• v. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
• v. (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
• n. (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
• n. (often old saw) A saying or proverb.
• n. (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge;…
• n. (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
• n. (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.
• v. simple past tense of see.
• interj. (slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question).

saying

• v. present participle of say.
• n. A proverb or maxim; something often said.